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reach considerable size. The German carp and the 

 gold fish are perhaps the best-known members of the 

 minnow family. All the Cyprindiae breed in the spring. 

 During the breeding season the males become highly 

 colored in some species, and "break out" with small 

 tubercles, usually on the nose. 



The desired qualities of a bait minnow depends most- 

 ly on their brightness and, for ordinary bait casting or 

 still fishing, their vitality or ability to keep lively while 

 on the hook and naturally those from fast water ex- 

 cel in these respects. In this class we have the fall fish 

 (Semotilus corporate) and the creek chub (S. atromac- 

 ulatus) and the river chub (Hybopsis kentuckiensis). 

 Other species well liked by both fish and fisherman are 

 Store's chub (H. Storiensis) red fin or silverside 

 (Notropsis cornutus), spottail shiner (N. hudsonien- 

 sis), silverside (N. Whipping slender silverside (N. 

 Atherinoids), and blunt nose minnows (Pimephales 

 not at us). 



As a rule anglers classify all these minnows as 

 either chubs or shiners and the men who sell min- 

 nows at most fishing resorts are even broader than 

 that and include among their best sellers skip jack? 

 (Lobdesthes sicculus), mud minnows (Umbra llmi) r 

 commonly and wrongly called "young dogfish," th<v 

 fry of yellow perch, pike-perch, and even black bass,. 

 On some streams young catfish or "mud cats" are 

 very successful for bass. These are great favorites 

 on the Susquehanna and other Eastern rivers. 



On short trips to "civilized" waters when time is 



